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Cover of The Tale of Kiều (1967 reprint) in quốc ngữ script. It is unclear when prostitution and other forms of sex work first appeared in Vietnam. Possibly the earliest depiction or mention of female sex work in Vietnam is in The Tale of Kiều (Vietnamese: Truyện Kiều), an epic poem written c. 1800 by celebrated Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Du. [5]
Prostitution in Vietnam is illegal and considered a serious crime. [7] The government has estimated that there were 33,000 prostitutes in the country in 2013, this was 9% higher than the previous year's estimate. [138] Other estimates puts the number at up to 200,000 individuals. [139]
Sex trafficking in Vietnam is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Vietnam is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination country for sexually trafficked persons. [1] Sex trafficking victims in the country are from many ethnic groups in Vietnam.
Vietnam is one of the countries of origin, and to a lesser extent, destination, and transit for sexually trafficked people. Citizens, primarily women and girls, from many ethnic groups in Vietnam and foreigners have been sex trafficked into other countries in Asia and cases of even different continents .
Soi Cowboy, a red light district in Bangkok. Sex tourism is the practice of traveling to foreign countries, often on a different continent, with the intention of engaging in sexual activity or relationships, in exchange providing money or lifestyle support.
Trương Văn Cam, known by the sobriquet Năm Cam (April 22, 1947 – June 3, 2004) was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is often called the "Godfather" of Vietnam. Known for building and running a criminal enterprise revolving around gambling dens, hotels, racketeering, extortion, loan sharking and restaurants that fronted for brothels, during his heyday, Năm Cam was considered one of the ...
According to the law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, under Clause 1, Article 8 of the 2015 Criminal Code: [4]. A crime means an act that is dangerous for society and defined in Criminal Code, is committed by a person who has criminal capacity of corporate legal entity, whether deliberately or involuntarily, infringes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation, infringes the ...
Over the course of its long history, Saigon, Vietnam has had many eras of dominant organized crime groups that at one point or another controlled the illicit trade and activities within the city. The long list of the organized crime history in Saigon covers the early Bình Xuyên pirates of the 1920s, to the Four Great Kings period of the 60s ...